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Kunti was the biological daughter of Shurasena, a Yadava ruler. [1] Her birth name was Pritha. She is said to be the reincarnation of the goddess Siddhi. She was the sister of Vasudeva, Krishna's father. She shared a close relationship with Krishna. Her father gave Kunti to his childless cousin Kuntibhoja. [2] Kunti invokes Surya out of curiosity.
In the Mahabharata, Kunti receives a mantra from a sage, Durvasa; if spoken, he will be able to summon every god and bear children by him. Believing in the power of this spell, Kunti unwittingly has summoned Surya, but when Surya appears, she gets scared and demands him to return.
The first three of five Pandavas were the sons of Kunti and Pandu while the younger two were born to Madri after Pandu's request. [11] Yaudheya was the son of Yudhishthira and Devika. Ghatotkacha was the son of Bhima and Hidimbi; Abhimanyu was the son of Arjuna and Subhadra. Babruvahana was the son of Arjuna and Chitrāngadā.
By her service, she propitiates the sage Durvasa, who grants her a mantra by which she could summon a deity and have a child by him. She recklessly tests the boon and invokes the sun-god Surya. The deity grants her a son named Karna, whom she abandons. [21] Kunti chooses Pandu in her svayamvara. [22]
The Kunti kingdom was the kingdom of Kunti-Bhoja, one of the prominent kings among the Bhoja-Yadavas. Kunti, the mother of Pandavas and the first wife of Kuru king Pandu, was the adopted daughter of Kuntibhoja. Her given name was Pritha and she was a sister of Vasudeva, the father of Vasudeva Krishna.
Surya also appears and confirms Kunti's story, and suggests that he follow her. [88] [90] [91] Karna says that though he may have been the firstborn, he never received the affection or care from her as the firstborn. "You discarded me", says Karna to Kunti, "you destroyed me in a way that no enemy could ever do to him". [89] It is too late.
Eventually, the sage is gratified. Before departing, he rewarded Kunti by teaching her the Atharvaveda mantras, which enables a woman to invoke any god of her choice to beget children by them. Curious and skeptical, Kunti decided to test the mantra. [24] After invoking Surya, the sun god, she bore her first son, Karna. Fearing the fate of an ...
Karna: the son of Surya and first born of Kunti who shunned him due to her being the mother of the Pandavas. Karna was the disciple of Lord Parashurama and he learnt the knowledge of Brahmastra from him. [16] Nakula: the fourth brother of the Pandavas. It is said that he was the most handsome man in the world.